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and Marion Islands are equally adorned with the succulent, 

 reddish masses of Grassula moschata, and the tender green 

 feathery-leaved Gotula plumosa equally delights the eye both on 

 he Crozets and the Aucklands, while the huge cushions of 

 that remarkable plant of the carrot family, Azorella Selago, defy 

 the constant Antarctic gales of both Kerguelen Land and the 

 Macquanes. Until quite recently it has been the habit to speak 

 ot the fauna and flora of the above islands as Antarctic, but this 

 quite evident misnomer has recently been changed to sub- 

 antarctic, since their biological conditions have nothing analogous 

 with those of the Arctic, and also are very different to what is 

 JuTm T 1 ar ^dudes in the Northern Hemisphere. So far as 

 I l™Tf i T d s ; ib <l ntarcti c region is concerned, there are six 

 Tr P fnii 1S andS ' 0l L WhlCh the ^elands are by fir the largest. 



%ZloVTISf *?; r 68 - distances and direction from the 

 oouth Cape ot Stewart Island :— 



ihefcnares, sixty miles S.W 



W. : the HnmiVNolla Q3A ~,:i._ o 



pap . a fl u ~ f T i V . "> ^- ; tne Antipodes, 4i>0 miles 

 570-ntiie b W Z I Is ,ft ndfl > ^ *** E. ; and the Macquaries, 

 tl ev belong J& -n T ^ Jitter ha ™ an anomalous position, as 

 Sand g P ° htteaU ? t0 Tasmania, but biologically to New 



portions™? o^d J^5 n0t /° ienCe which first m ^de these remote 



^e^Z^ZT^'t^^^ the Waves break over 

 but extnct. For years tJSSfiSP ^ °l ** Seals ' n ° W ' alaS ! a11 

 Stewart Island Maoris vTsitec t? *?*> m ^? ed fre <l uen tly b ? 

 fine harbours nf 2, I ted their shores, riding secure in the 



clad Antipodes T) tl \ ! ™ K the Bounti es or the tussock- 



incredible 'fo; U^^T* 8 * 1 * ^ gSt the seals was aImost 



100,000 skins at tte A^lwi% 80eB .? iat 0ne ffiS al ° ne landed 

 the history of the Anowff £ q l nte re ™rkable incident in 



of the islands bei^m2 f o W M "" *&*** Set «ement, a grant 

 what was known as thTsoJLw?' , Ende ^y, who established 

 some years, 18»0 18.^ > a 2? **?! Fisher y Company. For 

 Hv,d at the north enfof th?m, • i* f Ewro P^ns and Maoris 

 ]>-ving the inhospLble cSe I n ? and ?? *"**■* Island < ■ 



finanniol 4U:i .,^ 1C annate, but. aa +1^ -tt^~+„ — - 



financial failure, tne settlemenT^ ^J* the vent ™ wa « a 

 expected, was abandoned ' m Which «"** thin S s were 



""With the decline of wh l* 

 interest in the islands won hi W g and ? ealin S> the non-scientific 

 fact that their iron col!hv?? ed l hadit nofc bee » for the 



>y the Cape Horn routTto Euro, I n ^ *""* ° f saiIin ^ ve3sela 

 he expected, many shin WM !i J Consequently, as miahh w^ll 



^d fantastic forest' TheZ ^ ^ ve taken P**», the . __ 



and no Jiftle splendid heroism * W A tnesses of Rightful sufferings 

 briefly touched on. T h T n " e example alone can be here 



soyenty-five, tons, was ^^ •' V"* 11 Sailin ? ™se\ of 

 Ja bonr. Officers and crew «! i« ^ lan d-locked Carnlev 

 Jt the south end of /5&2TtS a "' land ed safely and lived 

 B ma] y, however, seeing ^ how of ^ ^ a >* ear and a half - 

 & th « ship's dinghey Zh}LL? C ^J 1 '^ a most miserable ' 

 ^ey possessed, and i n thf fi ^ d ' ™ th what makeshift tools 



barren shores 



most crazy craft Musgrave, the 



